On February 6, 2025, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced a revision to the import procedures under the Chemical Substances Control Law, aimed at strengthening the management of specific hazardous chemicals.

On February 18, 2025, the Korea Cosmetic Industry Institute (KCII) announced the list of implementing agencies for the 2025 Global Cosmetics Regulatory Consulting Support Program. CIRS Group Korea, the South Korean subsidiary of CIRS Group, has once again been successfully selected. This marks the sixth consecutive year that CIRS Group Korea has been chosen as an implementing agency for this program, demonstrating the company's expertise and influence in the field of global cosmetics regulations.

On February 3, 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) released its strategic plan for 2025-2027 and a detailed work plan for 2025, marking the second phase of its 2024-2028 strategy. The guiding principle of "Promoting Chemical Safety through Science, Collaboration, and Knowledge" will persist, with a 19.5% increase in EU REACH Registration fees expected from April 1, 2025.

On February 4, 2025, Australia published a list of assessment statements for 12 new industrial chemicals under Section 37 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019. Following the review of applications, Australia will determine whether to issue assessment certificates based on the ability to effectively manage potential risks to human health and the environment. If a decision is made to grant the certificates, the corresponding assessment statements will be publicly available on the Australian Industrial Chemicals website.

In today's globalized market environment, the safe use and management of chemicals are of vital importance. The Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation is a chemical management regulation established by the European Union to protect human health and the environment.

On February 9, 2025, the second round of registration under the Chilean REACH system officially commenced.

As part of the ongoing effort to enhance safety and provide key information in the event of a chemical emergency, the European Union has introduced new requirements for the Poison Centre notification (PCN) under the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation and the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) framework. These changes are essential to ensure that relevant authorities can quickly access vital information in case of poisoning or hazardous exposure.

The "Application Specifications for Safety Information Codes of Hazardous Chemicals" of Guangdong Province has been officially implemented since February 11, 2025. Both enterprises and the general public can access it through the following link: Standard Information Inquiry - Standardization Administration of China.

Since January 1, 2025, the grace period related to the Poison Center Notifications (PCN) to the European Union (EU) Poison Centers has come to an end. This means that companies must submit and successfully notify the unified format of notification dossiers before they can place their products on the EU market. After the deadline for industrial mixtures passed on January 1, 2024, the Hungarian appointed body has been conducting reviews of the submitted PCN dossiers. The main focus of the review is to check whether the information in the dossiers complies with the requirements of the CLP Regulation. The content of the PCN notification is mostly derived from the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) of the product, especially the toxicological information, which is the entire content of Section 11 of the SDS. Therefore, to pass the review by the Hungarian appointed body, companies must prepare an SDS that is fully based on the CLP standard when submitting the PCN notification.

Exporting chemicals to EU countries requires the provision of labels and Safety Data Sheets (SDS). Manufacturers, importers, and downstream users in the EU often worry that disclosing all components of a mixture on the label or SDS might lead to the leakage of trade secrets. Therefore, it may be necessary to use alternative chemical names to protect confidentiality and intellectual property rights.